Chapter 3

The curse womb estate.

A family meeting was held and once and for all they all banded together and stated. "Choso… you have an adoption ban of five years!" decreed Sho. "After that hydra incident, I think you should step back from this for a while…"

Every brother nodded, their first born children also showed up to be extra voices. It took Choso's children to explain to him that there are too many siblings now. "I don't even know who has been adopted by you and who hasn't. It's that bad!" protested Sota.

He sighed with defeat. "Very well then, Rhea and I will hold off… it's just…" his hand slipped into hers. "It was all I could think of to make you happy… since we can't have children now for some time."

Solemn looks followed from all the brothers. They understood Choso's reasoning, also he was helping dragons that needed to be helped. But there has to be balance as well… order!

"We understand brother, we really do. At the same time… that was a lot!" stated Sho.

Rhea snickered as did her sisters. "You did pick a good one sister, he is very devoted" laughed Nuwa. "At the same time, all the eggs that were high risk, have all been hatched and saved."

"That's good…" Choso said with relief. "But now…"

It has been a common topic among the brothers. As much as they love the three children they have, they want more, the wives want more. But the curse upon them is not so simple to break. They have been racking their brains over this, and have even asked Sukuna for consulting. His answer was disappointing though.

"Take into consideration this is dragon jujutsu, beyond my abilities. Yet if anything, the only thing I can suggest you look at is the one who casted such a thing. There has to be a counter, balance if you will. To inflict a curse and to remove it. Give and take"

"That advice didn't help us at all! We know Lady Tiamat's uncle is an asshole!" Junpei protested as they recalled Sukuna's advice.

"I think he is telling is to think how the Uncle would think in order to break the curse. He's an old, stubborn dragon isn't he?" Toshi asked aloud.

The room paused. "How do you know what uncle is like without meeting him?" asked Eso's wife Ouida.

Toshi paused. He sighed aloud and held his head. "I don't know," he said honestly. "I've spoken to Eso about this as well, sometimes… as of late… knowledge that I had no way of knowing, comes into my mind. And yet, I speak of it as if it is truth, but I haven't learned this anywhere." He explained.

The sisters appeared concerned. Syrax in particular. "We still don't know how Toshi turned, do we? In fact, we have Muta disassembling the device he was trapped in, don't we?" asked Kotsuso.

"Indeed, he's barely taken half of it apart" said Sanso. "I've been helping him with that, the metal used is not something I have seen before."

"Either way, I too want information as to how this happened… this never should have happened considering my circumstance." Toshi stated. He then noticed the concern looks of everyone in the room. "You have all been worried about this too, haven't you?" he asked.

"Indeed, brother, we have been" said Noranso.

"Tanso said he has sensed something off about you since this has happened, you come off as a dragon but at the same time… it's different. He can't put his finger on it." Tanso's wife Melusine explained.

Toshi agreed. "I am still oddly connected to Sukuna, but it's not as strong as before… and yet… I feel as if I have to prove myself… I can't explain it…"

"Either way little brother, we are going to figure this out together. As well, we are going to free our wives from their curses!" Choso decreed.

The brothers nodded confidently to their task, but how to go about achieving it is another story. Toshi sighed to this, there is so much going on and little information about it. The brothers and their wives went their separate ways, the children as well, leaving Toshi with Syrax.

Her arms came down around him, she hugged him from behind but, she sounded worried. "Syrax?"

"When?" she whispered. "When will Uncle leave us alone? I just want to be left alone and live MY life!" she protested. She soon cried out of frustration. Toshi quickly stood and scooped her into his arms.

"We are going to break this curse, no matter what." He vowed. "I'll do anything to do so!"

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"Anything?"

In Toshi's subconscious.

The dragon Tatsuo was listening to everything spoken. He too was more than aware of the curse placed upon his daughter and nieces, but from what was spoken, the hint given to them by Ryomen Sukuna… it made sense to him.

"There has to be balance, so look at the one who has put the curse upon them to begin with. Which would be my uncle. Uncle is a very vein dragon, and yet couldn't obtain a female unless by force, as such he didn't get many chances to reproduce… But there was also the incident…"

The more Tatsuo thought about it, the more he smiled.

"Uncle is such a fool," he said with great amusement. "So, you limit the breeding abilities to the females with great power, power that would make you stronger, if you had the children for it…" He began to piece together his Uncle's thought process before smiling wickedly.

"Well, the boy did say he would do anything to help her… let's see how far that goes child… for you have a talent that we are going to exploit. Let's see how much of a dragon you are…" Tatsuo smirked as he began to toy with Toshi's mind a little. He needs just a slight push in a direction, and from then on, Toshi Kamo will be on his own…